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It's my 30th Birthday Today

Posted At : February 21, 2006 7:59 AM | Posted By : Jeff Coughlin
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It feels weird to say that ("I'm 30 years old"). It's a good feeling though... a milestone if you will.

So I'm looking back at my accomplishments and failures over the last 30 years and I have to ask myself, "Self, where to now?"

Well, so far I'm very pleased with where I am at the moment and the direction I'm currently headed in. My career decisions aside my family is what's most important to me.

So what do I plan to cook up for the next 30 years? I have some really cool things planned for the next coming months, but beyond that things seem blurry. I guess as long as I keep my head high, and mind open to new possibilities and new horizons it should be another fun 30 years.

So, work day or not, I'll have a beer, sit back for a few and toast myself to the next 30 years :).

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Moving Into My New Home

Posted At : October 28, 2005 8:40 PM | Posted By : Jeff Coughlin
Related Categories: Family,Personal

Okay, so its finally done. The home is built and we're now packing and moving. I'm shutting down the home network in about 5 minutes to pack up the computers. I previously promised to have some pictures up and I will... soon :).

I get my new internet connection installed by Tuesday, however that's when the movers are moving us in. When I am settled-in I'll post some pictures up of the home building funness (probably in a week or two).

Update: Apparently I can't spell and my wife has informed me that "funness" is not an actual word (I wasn't aware that she even knew this blog existed :)).

Note to my Readers: Please do not rely on me to be a grammatical genius let alone a spelling wizard.

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Home Building Headaches

Posted At : September 13, 2005 9:49 AM | Posted By : Jeff Coughlin
Related Categories: Family,Personal

I haven't been around too much lately and it's for a good reason. My wife and I have been so busy building a new home. Contractors, builders, plumbers, electricians... it can get hairy at times :). The good news is I see the light at the end of the tunnel. The house should be done and ready to move-in by the end of next month.

Last week we were supposed to meet with the landscaper to go over my plans for a new patio. However my daughter brought home a little 24-hour cold which when given to my wife and I turned into a 7-day flu (in the summer, I know!). Either way, we finally met with the guy this past weekend and got that taken care of. We also finalized our lighting choices and a few other things.

Sheet rocking has just been completed and I think the painter has started painting.

Although my certification expired years ago I was hoping to get some low-voltage wiring done, but the inspectors would never let that happen. So I met with the low-voltage wiring guys a month ago to give them a map of some wiring requirements (home networking, phone, fax, cable, central-vac, and home-entertainment). Unfortunately they didn't know what HDMI was and I had to order the wire and face-plates on my own and hand-deliver it to them. They've already finished all their work and I haven't had a chance to go see if that's all squared away.

Oh, and I should be kicking myself because we haven't put our current home on the market yet (arrg). We spent weeks packing and storing items (in a storage facility) so we could make the house look more inviting (less clutter). Because we've had a drought all summer the lawn is somewhat brown so I've spent the past few weeks watering it and adding a small amount of fertilizer in the front (It's starting to come around). The landscaping in the front and back needed a little sprucing-up and we'll be adding some mums sometime this week. We plan to have the house on the market by this weekend and will try for a couple weeks to sell it on our own (before going to a realtor). Wish me luck on that one =\.

So that's where I'm currently at. We've been taking progress shots (photos) as the building has gone along so I'll make sure to upload some of those to the site soon.

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